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Chapter 425

Next, the emperor and the civil and military officials of the court held in-depth and detailed discussions on monetary reform. Half an hour later, the court discussions were over halfway through, and various measures and laws were roughly gained attention. They only waited for the three provinces and six ministries to return to their government offices for more detailed and quantitative purposes, and finally formed laws and policies that could be implemented.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Chen Xu. He is only responsible for proposing reforms, as long as the emperor agrees. This is a centralized feudal imperial era. Qin Dada said that if he wants to change, the people below must complete this task. Those who cannot complete it can go to the borderland to farm.

Moreover, the currency theory written by Chen Xu has been recognized by the emperor and the two prime ministers, and this reform will not deviate from Chen Xu's idea.

"Money reform is a major measure that benefits the country and the people. We must urge officials across the country to strictly follow and implement them. Those who dare to shirk their slackness will be punished strictly. The three provinces and six ministries are coordinated in a unified manner. Where is the Shaofu Order?" After the discussion, Qin Shihuang began to issue orders.

"I am here!" The young mansion commander Zhao Wei quickly stood up.

"The currency office was established separately, and the currency chief was appointed, and the official position was third, and the subordinates had copper smelting and coin minting. They were responsible for coordinating the management of copper smelting and coin minting affairs in the world. The preparations were completed, and the Ministry of Personnel drafted the official report!"

"Here~"

"Where is the Ministry of Revenue Order?"

"I'm here!" The Ministry of Revenue ordered Gao Teng to stand up.

"The Ministry of Revenue has established a separate Coin Supervision Office, and has a chief supervisor, with a third-rank official position, responsible for supervising the circulation of world money houses and coins. The personnel will be drafted and reported by the Ministry of Personnel!"

"Here!" Gao Teng saluted and sat down.

"From today on, we will strictly manage the world's money shops. Without the consent of the Cash Supervision Bureau, the public will not open money shops privately. All counties must also arrange for supervisors to strictly supervise them. However, supervisors must not interfere in the operation of the money shop for no reason. At the same time, the money shop operators are notified that any signs of non-trajectory must be reported to the supervisors. If there are any conflicts, those who commit robbery must be severely punished and not borrowed!"

"Here~" all the civil and military officials in the court agreed in unison.

Qin Shihuang's arrangements were actually mentioned in Chen Xu's monetary theory that it is inevitable that the separate and registration of the yamen will be subject to the minting of copper coins and supervision. Moreover, the right to minting of coins is also to make the imperial power more stable. If the emperor could not even control coins, the monetary reform would inevitably be very chaotic. Later Han dynasties allowed the privately made coins, and the domestic currency system was chaotic, and they were monopolized and controlled by giant merchants, resulting in very serious inflation and the status of the imperial power was greatly threatened. It was not until later that the salt and iron franchise was forced to be monopolized and the situation gradually improved.

Therefore, Chen Xu's top-level design directly nationalized the copper smelting and minting coins, and it was clearly stated that laws would be issued to prohibit private copper smelting and minting coins, which further cut off the possibility of private minting coins.

"Do you all have any reports? If not, let's leave the court!" After the matter was handled, Qin Shihuang's expression calmed down.

"Qinghe Marquis, the court is about to disperse. How should you deal with so many memorials?" Li Si reminded in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, I still have a report!" Chen Xu nodded and stood up and bowed.

"Marty Qinghe, please speak!" Qin Shihuang nodded.

"Your Majesty, you have read the newspapers I run yesterday. Today I specially brought some of them to you to read, and then discuss the implementation and supervision of such newspapers?"

"What's the newspaper?"

This is another new thing, which sounds inexplicable. Including Li Sifeng Quji, all the civil and military officials of the court were confused by the new term proposed by Chen Xu.

"Haha, the Queen of Qinghe thought carefully. After I returned to the palace, I still felt that I was still not satisfied after reading the newspaper yesterday. After reading it, the imperial concubines in the harem also praised it very much and thought it was vivid and interesting. It was a good thing to be enjoyed. There was no need for the court to discuss this matter, Qinghe Hou would print it on his own. Since it has been brought, I can pass it on to you to watch it!" Qin Shihuang said with a smile on his beard.

As an important tool to control public opinion, Qin Shihuang naturally did not understand the power of it. However, the believers of all the civil and military schools of the dynasty had their own ideas of governing the country. Therefore, after being familiar with the newspaper, they naturally knew that the content published on it could spread quickly and widely throughout the world. That influence would definitely be shocking. Therefore, Chen Xu needed to completely control the distribution rights of the newspaper. Like minting money, the people could not allow the public to privately issue newspapers. Otherwise, in this era of freedom of speech, if various tabloids were posted randomly, the Qin Dynasty would inevitably be even more chaotic. Chen Xu needed to block this channel in advance. Freedom of speech also needed to be regulated and guided. The premise must be to love the empire and the emperor, and those who do not love were not allowed to speak in the newspaper.

Therefore, Chen Xu’s purpose today is to implement another press and publishing method.

With the help of several envoys, two hundred newspapers with a faint ink fragrance were soon circulated into the hands of civil and military officials in the court. While distributing the newspaper, Chen Xu also briefly introduced the editor and distribution methods of the newspaper.

After receiving the newspaper, almost all the officials were attracted by the contents of the newspaper. Even Qin Shihuang, who had read it several times, asked for a copy and sat on the dragon throne and read it carefully again.

"Hey shh~ This statement makes sense!"

"How beautiful, this article is extremely interesting!"

"Well, I don't know who is talking about this strategy, it's simply nonsense~"

"A big water truck was built outside the city, why don't you know?"

"The country of Wusun has flax, which can make oil and has a very fragrant aroma..."

All the civil and military officials in the court were all in relish and all fell into it. While watching, they made various sounds. Even the two neighbors gathered together to discuss. The sound of flipping newspapers in the entire court hall was countless times more lively than the scene of reading newspapers in the office after work in the morning of later units.

Soon more than ten minutes passed. Because Qin Shihuang had read it several times, he put down the newspaper after reading it in a glance. Seeing that everyone in the court was still immersed in the newspaper, he gently knocked on the imperial case a few times, and then all the ministers looked up reluctantly.

"My dear friends, after the Great Qin Metropolis Daily was dispersed, I took it back and watched slowly. Does the Queen Qinghe have something to say?" Qin Shihuang turned to look at Chen Xu.

Chen Xu stood up and nodded and said, "Yes, your majesty, the content of the newspaper is all-encompassing, which is a good thing for entertainment. However, because there are too many and too broad contents that can be published in the newspaper, I suggest that a law be formulated to restrict it. Like a bank, the public will not be allowed to publish newspapers privately, so as not to be used by those who are ill-behaved!"

"Your Majesty, what the Marquis of Qinghe said is reasonable. The content of the newspaper is vivid and interesting. It has both current affairs and interesting news, as well as poetry, songs and remarks from hundreds of schools. If it is circulated, it will soon become popular all over the world. Nowadays, all the alchemists of the schools have different ideas, and the people are disturbed by this. I also feel that a law should be formulated to restrict it, so that people cannot let the various factions be spread out in large numbers." Li Si folded the newspaper in his hand and bowed and said.

"What the left prime minister said is reasonable, I will discuss it!" A large number of people behind Li Si stood up and posted.

"Your Majesty, I do not agree with Li Xiang's words. The hundreds of schools have been passed down for a long time, but they have different ideas. If you ban the words, wouldn't it be a hundred schools of thought that they will be eliminated?" A doctor stood up and said.

"Yes, Li Xiang can recommend laws, but it is impossible to stop the world's speech. Since the Marquis of Qinghe has set up a chapter of the hundreds of schools of speech, naturally the disciples of all schools of thought can publish their own speeches and speak freely. Could it be that Li Xiang wants to stop the inheritance of all schools of thought?" In an instant, seven or eight keen-minded officials followed him out and spoke loudly for freedom of speech, including several officials from three provinces and six ministries.

Chen Xu's face twitched a few times.

Although Li Si was powerful, he was indeed unpopular in the court. Many ministers directly expressed their dissatisfaction in the court.

Moreover, the opposition group and voices are quite large, including the inner-sergeant Qi Dang and the Ministry of Revenue Gao Teng. These two were both positions as Jiujiu and each had a considerable force in the court.

"Hmph, all the disciples of the hundreds of schools are idle people. They open museums in various places to teach their disciples to spread their own theories, and they all talk nonsense and mess with our great Qin. Look at the alchemists who spend all day in the miscellaneous houses of Quyuan. Talk about boasting will only cause chaos in the hearts of the people, and they will be useless to both the country and the people. Your Majesty, I suggest that stricter laws be introduced to restrict the speech of all students!"

Li Si snorted coldly to express his dissatisfaction, bowed deeply to Qin Shihuang and then said: "From the great Zhou Dynasty, with the increasing prosperity of the disciples of various philosophers, the struggles of the princes became more and more frequent. They were all because the hundreds of alchemists wandered among the princes to promote their own ideas of governing themselves, and never cared about the lives and death of the people. Whether it was the previous Yang Zhu or the later Confucian and Moh, they were all like this. The reason why our Qin was strong and destroyed the six kingdoms was because the law was strict, so the law was

This is the way to strengthen the country, so Your Majesty must not abandon the foundation and chase the end. If today is unified, I feel it is necessary to abolish the remarks of the hundred schools. If the disciples of the hundred schools develop so rampantly, our Qin will be in chaos over time. Therefore, I have a memorial! I hope that Your Majesty will issue an order to burn poetry and books that have nothing to do with people's livelihood, burn the written books of the hundred schools of thought, and from then on, the remarks of the hundred schools of thought and only respect magic. Only in this way, our Qin will have a stable inheritance for generations."

Damn~ Chen Xu, who had seen a group of ministers quarrel, was still listening with relish, but suddenly was frightened by Li Si's last few words.

Damn, a newspaper came out today, but I didn't expect that Li Si's idea of ​​burning books was seduced several years in advance. If this matter was really adopted by Qin Shihuang, I would probably be scolded by later generations for thousands of years. After all, this matter was caused by himself.

Just as Chen Xu was about to open his mouth to refute, the doctor who was the first to jump out to oppose Li Si pointed at Li Si with the tablet in his hand and cursed: "Li Si, you are a mere minor official, and you are especially nameless and unnamed among the three generations. Now you are in a high court and do such a vicious thing. As a Chu person, you help Qin destroy Chu, because you are disloyal. You abandon your parents since childhood and leave home to study. You have not returned home for decades to serve your parents. It is unfilial. It is unkind to poison your senior brother Han Fei. It is unkind. It is unfaithful to read the poems and scriptures of the ancestors but want to burn it to destroy it. What kind of unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous people have the face to be the position of the left prime minister of the Secretariat? As a disciple of Chunyu Yue, how can you tolerate a poisonous man like you? I will die with you today!"
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